NOVI. BIGNONIACE (SPRAGUE). D13 
absent, but closely simulated in certain genera by the first or first and 
second pairs of leaves of the axillary bud (pseudostipules). Inflorescence 
a panicle or raceme (simple or with cymose ultimate branching), terminal 
or axillary; flowers sometimes borne on the old wood, often large, 
abundant and brightly coloured. 
Genera about 105, many of them monotypic ; species about 550, mostly Tropical 
American. 
For the sake of convenience the “ length.” of the seed is here taken as its longest 
measurement, viz., that parallel to the longitudinal axis of the capsule ; the ‘* énds” 
of the seed are the sides facing the top and bottom of the capsule. 
Tripe I. Teecomeve.—Ovary 2-celled. Fruit a loculicidal capsule, Seeds 
winged. 
Stamens 4, didynamous, witha posticous staminode. 
Calyx not spathaceous, 
Ovules 4—8-seriate in each cell; septum of capsule 
flat. : 
Calyx regular, with 5 equal lobes, opening early 
in bud. 
Stamens exserted ; upper third of anther-lobes 
connate : : : : : -) Ik ERCOMARTA. 
Stamens included ; anther-lobes free from each 
other except at the very apex : . 2. PODRANEA. 
Calyx irregular, with 3-4 unequal lobes, opening 
- late in bud : : ; : : . 3, FERDINANDIA. 
Ovules 2-seriate in each cell; septum cylindric, 
with deep pits in which the seeds are fitted . 4. STEREOSPERMUM. 
Calyx spathaceous. 
Calyx split down the anticous side; ovules 2- 
seriate in each cell : : : 
Calyx split down the posticous side; ovules 4- to 
multi-seriate in each cell. 
Ovules 4—6-seriate ; valves of capsule flat. . 6. MARKHAMIA. 
5. NEWBOULDIA. 
Ovules multiseriate ; valves boat-shaped 7. SPATHODEs. 
Stamens 5, all perfect. 
Calyx campanulate ; fruit smooth 8. RHIGOzUM. 
Calyx tubular; fruit warted . : : : . 9. CATOPHRACTES, 
Trise II. Crescentieze. Ovary \-celled. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds not 
winged, . 
Only Tropical African genus : : : ; . 10. KiGEetta. 
1. TECOMARIA, Spach; Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 448. 
_ Calyx opening early in bud, regular, tubular-campanulate, 5-lobed. 
Corolla-tube narrowly funnel-shaped or almost cylindric, curved for- 
wards ; limb markedly bilabiate. Stamens 4, exserted ; anther-lobes 
connate for the upper third, divergent below. Disc cupular. Ovules 
4-seriate in each cell. Capsule oblong-linear, much compressed parallel 
to the septum.—Shrubs with simply imparipinnate leaves and dense 
terminal racemes of orange or scarlet flowers. 
Species 3, 1 of them also in South Africa. 
Calyx 2-34 lin. long . : , : : : . 1. Z. capensis. 
Calyx 5-9 lin, long. 
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